Top 10 Songs: Status Quo
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- Опубликовано: 31 авг 2020
- Join Pete Pardo & Simon Bray as they each list their 10 favorite tracks from British boogie legends Status Quo. #statusquo
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Hi Pete
Since Coughlan and Lancaster left in 1981 and 1985 it really became the Rossi and Parfit show and they lost a lot of what made them great, How can anybody compare anything from the earlier albums to the pile of crap that is "Marguerita Time". I think by this time the Bogotoa Marching Powder had become the driving force. A brief reunion a decade ago shoed what was missing.
However, I saw Quo about 8 times between 1974 and 1979 and it was always a great gig, especially the gigs at the Southend Kursaal, another venue with a sprung dance floor which always needed repairing afterwards. So here's my Top Ten and nothing post 1980 is really worth a mention.
1 - Big Fat Mama (Pile driver)
2 - Railroad (Dog Of Two Head)
3 - Roll Over Lay Down (Hello)
4 - Paper Plane (Pile Driver)
5 - Backwater/Just Take Me (Quo) - to me they have always been one song.
6 - Whatever You Want
7 - 4500 times (Hello)
8 - Juniors Wailing (Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon)
9 - Claudie (Hello)
10 - Down Down (On The Level)
That lot on a mix tape for a car journey would put a smile on my face.
Tel
Thank you Pete... One of the best live bands I've seen when they were a great Hard Rock band. As a kid there were three bands on the Top of The Pops that I watched and thought "wow I like to see them in concert". These bands were Thin Lizzy, Queen and Status Quo. Rick Parfitt is up there with Malcom Young for me in the pantheon of rock rhythm players.
Top 10 songs:
1: Caroline. One of my favourite songs across all bands/artists and from my favourite Quo album Hello!
2: 4500 Times
3: Paper Plane
4: Rain
5: Big Fat Mama
6: Whatever You Want - Another great intro
7: Backwater
8: Mystery Song
9: Down Down - The intro is genius
10: Slow Train
Bubbling under - Don't Waste my Time, Little Lady, Is There A Better Way, Most Of The Time, Blued Eyed Lady, Softer Ride, Roll Over Lay Down and from the latter day Gravy Train
If you don't know Quo then start with the Live album. From Dog of Two Head through to Never To Late you can't really go wrong. Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon is worth a listen as well.
‘Rain’ one of the best hard rock songs of all time. I defy anyone not to crank up the volume when it comes on the radio!
Honestly, I can neither confirm nor deny that statement because they don't play Status Quo music down here in Alabama. In fact it's hard to find a station that plays music other than Hall & Oates , Madonna or country. Which is why I never listen to the radio anymore.
As a Yank, never heard the song on the radio, but had all the early albums, and the only time I turned that song up was when the cascading rain guitar parts came on. I turned it back down when the part ended. Just not melodious enough for me. Yet songs like Roll Over Lay Down and Someone's Learning were heavier and melodious for me.
1 4500 Times
2 Slow Train
3 Roll Over Lay Down
4 Mystery Song ( Album Version )
5 Caroline
6 Rain
7 Big Fat Mama
8 Paper Plane
9 Softer Ride
10 Down Down
Things may change tomorrow !!!
Maybe for Quo reviews , you split them into era's ?
Great channel , just discovered this week .. Quo , SAHB , UFO all covered , its ok by me !...keep it up Pete !
This is my favourite band, and I’m youngish Swede (46 years). But then again I like most music. This is my list:
1. Backwater
2. Mystery Song
3. Rolling Home (Blue For You album)
4. Big Fat Mama
5. Whatever You Want
6. What You’re Proposing
7. Rain
8. Fortyfive Hundred Times
9. Rockin’ All Over The World
10. Roll Over Lay Down
I will add that I have seen them twice. First time in 1992, went almost deaf for 3 days after. They’re LOUD!!!
Carl Hult I saw them 1985 (Hovet, Stockholm) what then was described as their last tour, End of the Road tour...
Drop #3 and insert "Little Lady" and you'll have a serious list there Carl... (y)
Carl Hult, almost going deaf is going to an ACDC concert. And i have been to both concerts. 🙉🙉🙉
E P I can imagine that. Both bands are notorious for this
Again, this one I'm putting my choices in before listening to this post. My era is Dog of Two Head through to Blue for You. I was really switched off after this point...
10. Claudie (Hello)
9.Railroad (Dog of Two Head)
8. Roll Over Lay Down (Hello)
7. Caroline (Hello)
6. Ring of a Change (Blue for You)
5. A Year (Piledriver)
4. Backwater (Quo)
3. All the Reasons (Piledriver)
2. Slow Train (Quo)
1. Mystery Song (Blue for You)
As a Brit really appreciated this run through. 'Mystery song' my favourite but a hard working, rocking feel good band that I have always loved and grew up with.
Mystery song is a masterpiece.
Been a fan for 43 years come rain or shine. Quotilidie
Rocking all over the world was the beginning of the end
I love AC/DC, but I've never understood why they are lauded for basically making the same album over and over again, yet Quo are lambasted. Great songs, tight playing, with a lot of clever chord inversions/tunings.
That's Ludacris . AC/DC had their signature sound, but it was fare from being the same thing over and over again .
@SabuPtolemy I agree with you on that . The group as a whole with Bon Scott was awesome .
No. They had a style but did not make the same album over and over.
@SabuPtolemy We shall have to disagree, I always felt that there were small progressions that allowed the tone to remain the same but with enough variation to be just that bit different.
My point being, that criticisms leveled at Quo are never leveled at AC/DC, and there's a lot of similarity in their musical DNA.
1. Backwater.
2. Drifting Away.
3. Whatever You Want.
4.Daughter.
5.Lonely Man.
6. Don't Drive My Car.
7.Paper Plane.
8.Down Down.
9. Down the Dustpipe.
10. In my Chair.
Honourable Mentions : Spinning Wheel Blues, Junior's Wailing, Railroad, Just Take Me, Roll Over Lay Down, Is There a Better Way, Caroline, Rain, Wild Side of Life, In the Army Now.
I didn't think much of that last one when I first heard it, but it grew on me after I saw them do it live.
Great choices!
Nice to hear a mention, at last, for Status Quo - who some of us have followed since the late 1960s.
Their long career is filled with impressive ‘highlights’-
33 studio albums, 5 live albums and 11+ compilations. More British album chart entries than any other band, with the exception of the Rolling Stones. 100+ single releases totalling more than seven and a half years (415 weeks) on the British singles charts.
Sales in excess of 118 million units world wide.
6000 live shows delivered to a total audience of 25 million+ people.
Both Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt awarded OBE in 2009 (in The Queen’s New Year Honours List) for ‘Services To Music And Charities.’
1991- awards for ‘Outstanding Contribution To The Rock Industry’ by both the BRITS and World Music Awards.
Detractors speak of monotonous, simplistic and repetitive music churned out year by year but none can dispute their wide appeal and dedicated following. Keeping it simple and honest appears to have been the key to success for Status Quo.
Those interested in finding out more about ‘Quo’s’ music should probably start back in the 1970s with the trio of successive albums - ‘Piledriver’ (1972), ‘Hello!’ (1973) and ‘Quo’ (1974) plus the ‘Live!’ album (1977).
Posted an extended playlist many months ago on this channel - perhaps of interest to some? :D
Whatever You Want (‘Whatever You Want’ album 1979)
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Don’t Waste My Time (‘Piledriver’ album 1972)
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Caroline (‘Hello’ album 1973) ruclips.net/video/69YERtGeX6A/видео.html
Oh Baby (‘Piledriver’ album 1972) ruclips.net/video/YWY5SSq1Idw/видео.html
Pictures Of Matchstick Men (‘Picturesque Matchstickable - Messages From The Status Quo’ album 1968) ruclips.net/video/Sw6044fDHwg/видео.html
A Year (‘Piledriver’ album 1972) ruclips.net/video/OAp7nF3gpyI/видео.html
Down Down (‘On The Level’ album 1975) ruclips.net/video/WTmsjH9T2d8/видео.html
Roll Over Lay Down (‘Hello’ album 1973) ruclips.net/video/-xMh-9n1tJ4/видео.html
Paper Plane (‘Piledriver’ album 1972) ruclips.net/video/kzyGCSqY650/видео.html
Backwater (‘Quo’ album 1974) ruclips.net/video/PDG11PDXAw4/видео.html
Mean Girl (‘Dog Of Two Head’ album 1971) ruclips.net/video/SatnL3dQ3bU/видео.html
Big Fat Mama (‘Piledriver’ album 1972) ruclips.net/video/M4ioVPCMmEM/видео.html
All Day And All Of The Night (‘Riffs’ album 2003)
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Don’t Think It Matters (‘Quo’ album 1974) ruclips.net/video/F-lwEANyI3I/видео.html
Dust To Gold (‘Quid Pro Quo’ album 2011)
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Bad News (‘In Search Of The Fourth Chord’ album 2007)
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Reason For Living (‘Hello’ album 1973) ruclips.net/video/_f_svXqfVfw/видео.html
In My Chair (single release 1970) ruclips.net/video/q0bLP4iKgZE/видео.html
Break The Rules (‘Quo’ album 1974) ruclips.net/video/Mt2kBs7828k/видео.html
Blue Eyed Lady (‘Hello’ album 1973) ruclips.net/video/yCfu0dM7b2E/видео.html
Hold You Back (‘Rockin’ All Over The World’ album 1982)
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Something Going On In My Head (‘Dog Of Two Head’ album 1971)
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And It’s Better Now (‘Hello’ album 1973) ruclips.net/video/6QG9WNa3Vno/видео.html
Can’t Give You More (‘Rockin’ All Over The World’ album 1982)
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Roll Over Beethoven (‘Famous In The Last Century’ album 2000)
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Just Take Me (‘Quo’ album 1974) ruclips.net/video/UbUEIPLJUmo/видео.html
Enough Is Enough (‘Never Too Late’ album 1981)
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Alright (‘In Search Of The Fourth Chord’ album 2007)
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All We Really Wanna Do (‘Rock ‘Till You Drop’ album 1991)
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Rockin’ All Over The World (‘Rockin’ All Over The World’ album 1977)
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Better Take Care (‘Backbone’ album 2019
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In The Army Now (‘In The Army Now’ album 1986)
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Forty Five Hundred Times (‘Hello’ album 1973)
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Falling Off The World (‘Backbone’ album 2019
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Blues And Rhythm (‘Heavy Traffic’ album 2002)
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Lonely Man (‘Quo’ album 1974) ruclips.net/video/L4RBFUV9IAs/видео.html
Hard Time (‘Rockin’ All Over The World’ album 1982)
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Rock ’N’ Me (‘Famous In The Last Century’ album 2000)
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Come Rock With Me (‘Whatever You Want’ album 1979)
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Solid Gold (‘Heavy Traffic’ album 2002) ruclips.net/video/-xKRodPVusk/видео.html
Heart On Hold (‘Perfect Remedy’ album 1989)
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Red Sky (‘In The Army Now’ album 1986)
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Down The Dustpipe (single release 1970 and ‘Riffs’ album 2003)
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Most of mine come from the 70s era, but there are a couple from naughties albums that I also like a lot.
1 45 Hundred Times
2 Rain
3 Don't Think It Matters
4 Railroad
5 Mystery Song
6 Whatever You Want
7 Caroline
8 Bad News
9 Down Down
10 Solid Gold.
Quo fan from England since 1976. 1. Roll Over Lay Down 2. Rain. 3. Don't Think It Matters 4. Down Down 5. Is There a Better Way 6. Drifting Away 7. Let's Ride 8. Hold You Back 9. Mystery Song. 10. Just Take Me.
1. Rockin' All Over the World
2. Whatever You Want
3. Dirty Water
4. Hold You Back
5. Forty-Five Hundred Times
6. Caroline
7. Down Down
8. What You're Proposing
9. Living on an Island
10. Dear John
1. Slow Train
2. Down Down
3. Don't Think It Matters
4. Big Fat Mama
5. 4500 Times (Live At the NEC)
6. Drifting Away
7. Rain
8. Paper Plane
9. Dirty Water
10. Lonely Man
1) Forty-Five Hundred Times
2) Softer Ride
3) Big Fat Mama
4) Slow Train
5) Blue-eyed Lady
6) Little Lady
7) Down Down
8) Someone's Learning
9) (April), Spring, Summer and Wednesdays
10) Breaking Away
What a great band! Their 70's catalog is incredible... Saw them live in Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki 1996.
Thank you for your Top Ten: Status Quo. I just started listening to this band and bought a few of their CDs.🎤🎸🎵🥁
Can't believe you've done a show on Quo! My first band, back in the 70s.....my first gig (Southampton Gaumont 1978) and some of my fave ever songs - 45 Hundred Times, Softer Ride, Slow Train etc. Love 'em! But I would agree that their best albums are all to be found in the 70s.
@@chrisnott6146 Chris, when you get to my age it's hard enough to identify the right decade, let alone the year!
"Oh baby" should be on any top 10 Quo list
So heavy!!
The Status Quo was huge in Sweden when I grew up in the 70s and early 80s. I can´t say which songs are the best, but I can say my favorite album: Quo
1. Blue Eyed Lady
2. Over and Done
3. Ring of a Change
4. Slow Train
5. Shy Fly
6. Can't Give You More
7. Accident Prone
8. Forty Five Hundred Times
9. Oh Baby
10. Mystery Song
Big shout to Little Lady, Dirty Water and all the hits.
First heard them in 1974. First saw them in 1982 and loads after.
Brilliant. Oh it's pronounced "Stai' us Quoooooooooo!!"😁🎸🎶🎵
1- Whatever You Want
2- Green Tambourine
3- Drifting Away
4- Man Overboard
5- Down Down
6- End Of The Line
7- Pictures Of Matchstick Man
8- Ol' Rag Blues
9- Ain't Complaining
10- Don't Mind If I Do
Coventry theatre 1973 the balcony was moving up and down as 2000 Quo fans stomped along to the 3 chords. I remember they charged all over the stage and the roadies were kept busy untangling the guitar cords. It was a great show!
4500 Times off Quo Live. Nothing else touches it.
The first time I saw the Quo, it was in 1981, in France during the "Never Too Late" Tour. I was 20 years old and the sound volume was DEAFENING! and what a heat! After few seconds at the beginning of "Caroline" , the make up of a young lady flawn on her face, she seemed like Alice Cooper!
Thank you ! Been fan of them since 77, and I haven't found many others over here.
Were very big here in Australia back in the day, actually was my first gig in '74 at Festival Hall. Fave album easily is Quo.
surprising as its not cited as say 'Hello' or 'Piledriver'. as with yourself, I think its up there in their top 3
Special mention for "Whatever You Want" their greatest hit, I still love it !
1. Gerdundula
2. Down Down
3. Someone's Learning
4. Rain
5. Umleitung
6. Roll Over Lay Down
7. Rolling Home
8. Need Your Love
9. Again and Again
10.Paper Plane
Status Quo was my first live show back in 1981 and they tore the roof off! Earthquake over Lausanne, Switzerland!
Pete, how about a Top 10 Songs from The Kinks, Slade and Venom.
That’s quite a mix!
They released an album in, 1970 I believe, called Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon, that not only is their high point, IMHO, but an album that would easily make my personal Top 50 Albums of All Time.
Spinning Wheel
Daughter
Everything
Shy Fly
(April)Spring, Summer and Wednesdays
Juniors Wailing
Lakky Lady
Need Your Love
Lazy Poker Blues
Is It Really Me/Gotta Go Home
Your right one of the best Quo albums and very underrated.Not really a bad song on it. Brilliant !
Still my fave Quo album.
Brilliant album perhaps only bettered by "Quo".
Ma Kelly's is a killer album
A great album. I just bought the Record Store Day Fried Egg splattered vinyl. In the early 70s a DJ used to play rock music midweek in the Apples & Pears pub in Rotherhithe south east London. It was mainly a blokes night out and he always finished the night with Phoenix by Wishbone Ash and the Quo's Is It Really Me/Gotta Go Home from this album.
Best Quo album ON THE LEVEL. Best Quo track 4500 times.
Its nice that a lot of Pete's picks had Alan Lancaster singing
My favourite Quo album is the Quo album, arguably their heaviest & the one with the biggest Lancaster input. A change of pace for them is the track on it "Lonely Man" which is one of my faves. And you can't beat the opening duo of Backwater & Just Take Me. I like all the tracks , even the poppy Fine Fine Fine. They had a great run of classic albums back then : Dog of Two Heads, Piledriver, Hello, Quo, On the Level.
The first time I saw Quo, the support band was Judas Priest.😍
I saw same lineup around '78 maybe.
1. Mountain lady
2. Accident Prone
3. Unspoken Words
4. A Year
5. Gerdundula
6. Too Close To the Ground
7. Hold You Back
8. Railroad
9. Fourty-Five Hundred Times (live at the NEC)
10. Wild Side of Life.
Great list. Accident Prone especially a fantastic song!
I love the Quo from their "Boogie" years (1972-81/82 ish) and when they were on A & M records here in the States. "Quo" was my first album by them and is still my "go to" record, but there are several albums from that era that I love. I also dig their Psychadelic era too, The first Live album is wonderful also, and it was on capitol here in the U. S. I never saw them live but I agree that they were an awesome live baqnd and the songs would come alive even more in the live setting. Enjoyed the video and still enjoy Petes views on Music.
Hi Pete saw Quo in 72(England’s AC/DC......Formulaic rock)My favourite album is Piledriver.Top Ten;big fat mama,rain,don’t waste my time,dirty water,caroline,roll over lay down,mystery song,2500 times,pictures of matchstick men,paper plane.love to you and thank you for sea of tranquility from Gary In Sydney Australia.
Down Down
Little Lady
Oh Baby
Backwater
Rain
Is there a better way
Drifting away
Roll over lay down
Blue eyed lady
What you're proposing
/RIP Rick Parfitt.
good list, add most of the time and living on a island , bye bye Johnny and its super
Rain is the one i look forward to live (seen them several times in the 70's) and they never disappointed.
When you see or listen to Quo,you know exactly what you're going to get and as Pete said,you have to be in the mood,but stick Quo on at a party and everyone gets up.
Favourite album? Piledriver.
great danceable boogie rock.
It’s great to hear so much appreciation for the mighty Quo - they really are a legendary band over here in the UK. You are definitely right to focus mainly on their 70s output, though, because that was easily their best era.
Not counting any of the songs mentioned by Simon and yourself, my ten favourites in order of release are:
Lakky Lady - Ma Kelly’s Greasy Spoon
Something’s Going On In My Head - Dog Of Two Head
A Year - Piledriver
Softer Ride - Hello! (another terrific live track)
Lonely Man - Quo (this is my favourite album of theirs)
Mystery Song - Blue For You
Rockers Rollin’ - Rockin’ All Over The World
Living On An Island - Whatever You Want
Over The Edge - Just Supposin’
Two Way Traffic - Quid Quo Pro
The 77 live Version : Forty Five Hundred Times
Listen to this: ruclips.net/video/2DxHEG3y3i8/видео.html
Absolutely, the stand out track of their career. Live it was stunning.
They recorded a ton of covers, here I decided to go with band originals only.
Down Down
Roll Over Lay Down
Whatever You Want
Caroline
Again and Again
Paper Plane
The Wild Ones
Don’t Drive My Car
What You’re Proposing
Living on an Island
Pete, the way you pronounced the name is the correct Latin pronunciation, so bravo. "Stah-tus Quo".
For me, Quo can be summed up in a handful of albums which contain incredible songs.
#1 Lonely Man. Starts off as an accoustic and finishes as a full blown rocker. What is there not to love about this song? Their most unappreciated song of all.
#2 Drifting Away
#3 (April) Spring, Summer and Wednesdays
#4 Roll Over, Lay Down
#5 Bye, bye Johnny
#6 Green Tambourine. Not an original but great version.
#7 Pictures of Matchstick Men. The original. There is no Quo without this one.
#8 Gerdundula. Or Gerd und Ula, two German friends. Always wondered what this meant.
#9 Backwater/Just Take Me. You cannot dissociate the two songs.
#10 Forty-Five Hundred Times. I could have picked "Caroline" but this is longer.
Mystery Song ! Love it
For me, there’s so much to love about Quo up to, and including, 1980’s Just Supposin’ album, and very little after that, other than their live performances. I was lucky enough to catch the Frantic Four reunion a few years ago and, whilst a bit rough around the edges, it was stellar stuff, especially the relentlessness of Parfitt’s rhythm playing - he’s a huge loss, and greatly missed.
I agree with most of the pre-1980 choices, and would add these into the mix (in chronological order, rather than order of preference):
Don’t Waste My Time - Piledriver
Forty Five Hundred Times - Hello
Backwater - Quo
Little Lady - On the Level
Mystery Song - Blue for You
Rain - Blue for You
Hold You Back - Rockin All Over the World
Again and Again - If You Can’t Stand the Heat
High Flyer - Whatever you Want
The Wild Ones - Just Supposin’
Ahh the Quo, a background soundtrack to growing up - was never that into them at the time, though I bought and loved Quo live when it first came out but was disappointed that wild side of life wasnt on it. Have since bought their catalogue after getting their 1980 compilation 12 gold bars and as Pete says they are just the right thing if you're in the right mood. I'd agree with Simon though in grimacing at the mere mention of their covers album 'Dont Stop' . I've also become quite fond of their later aquostic albums - again nice when you're in the mood for it. For songs - just about everything from Quo Live either live or studio versions and anything on12 gold bars plus slow train from Quo - basically
Rockin' All Over The World
Down, Down
Caroline
Paper Plane
Break The Rules
Again & Again
Mystery Song
Roll Over, Lay Down
Rain
Wild Side Of Life
Slow Train
Backwater
Just Take Me
Is There A Better Way
In My Chair
Little Lady
Most Of The Time
Forty-Five Hundred Times
Big Fat Mama
Don't Waste My Time
Great choice. They should have been better known in the U.S. I always liked their 60s era stuff like "Matchstick Men."
Been meaning to investigate the earlier albums for years. Had never heard Someone's Learning before what a great song.
Down Down was supposed to be the big break through in the States for Quo. UK no’1 & top 10 all over Europe & Asia. Lack of radio play cost them dearly in the US.
1, 4500 Times
2, In the Army
3, Backwater
4, Roll Over Lay Down
5, Just Take Me
6, Softer Ride
7, Drifting Away
8, Gerdundula
9, Railroad
10, Roadhouse Blues
1.Mystery Song
2.Paper Plane
3.Caroline
4.Roll Over Lay Down
5.Little Lady
6.Drifting Away
7.Pictures Of Matchstick Men
8.Rain
9.Down The Dustpipe
10.Mean Girl
A Quo fan from Nepal.
Great Band. Too Many Favorites To List. They Really Rock Out Fogerty's Rockin' All Over The World. Live At The N.E.C. Is A Killer Live Album!
Great choices there from Pete - always the best with the frantic four!
Huge Quo fan here.. I really like One Way Road.. A later Quo song.. Its brilliant..
Here we are Here we are n Here we goes
Paper Plane, Backwater, Caroline, Whatever you want, Drifting away, Down Down, Rain, Forty-five Hundred times, Little Lady, Is there a better way
Pete you look the happiest I’ve seen you . Must be the quo effect
hello....quo....dueling guitars...opened live aid...rockin' all over the world....peace...rocky
I have always liked this band I discovered them in germany I have them on reel to reel
Kudos to Pete for doing a show on Status Quo, even though they meant nothing to most people in America.
Here are mine.
1 Drifting Away
2 4500 Times
3 Bye Bye Johnny
4 Backwater
5 Lonley Man
6 Down Down
7 Fine Fine Fine
8 Claudie
9 A Reason For Living
10 Caroline/Mystery Train
I was raised on the quo and still love them. My top 10 would have to be
1. Hold you back
2. Paper Plane
3. Down Down
4. Is There a better way
5. Whatever you want
6. Burning Bridges
7. Again and Again
8. Living on an island
9. Caroline
10. Dear John
1.Ring of a Change
2.Backwater
3.Daughter
4.Roll Over lay Down
5.Is There a Better Way
6.Don´t Think it Matters
7.Thats a Fact
8.Down Down
9.Mystery Song
10.Paper Plane
Ok here goes and apart from 1 not in any order.
1 Softer Ride - this song distills all the signature themes from Quo in about four minutes. - From Hello
2 Oh Baby - Piledriver
3 Backwater - Quo -great opening track.
4 `A year - quieter but chugs along! - Piledriver
5 45 hundred times -Hello
6 Slow Train - Quo
7 Caroline - Hello
8 Down Down - On the level
9 Gerundaula
10 Down the dust pipe
I’m a massive quo fan and I liked your list Pete best. I far prefer the obscure album tracks over the hits.
nice Pete....always wondered why u didnt say anything about Quo....but now you did ...haha nice....feelgood music.....absolutely.....oh .... and i totally agree with your opinion....best Quo is before the rockin all over the world album......on the level for me is the best Quo ever.......best song probably Over and Done.......and then the Quo live album came out...with forty five hundred times..which is almost like one big guitarsolo......loved it.....24/7 on turntable......good memories.....tennis racket in hand...bangin my head...
The best live band I’ve ever seen and I’ve seen hundreds. I’d go with Pete’s picks over the Brit guys.
Some I’d have picked would have been Lonely Man ( an absolute masterpiece), 4500 Times, Over The Edge, Power Of Rock.
The 70s albums were obviously the band at their peak but the latest one, Backbone is well worth a listen and Just Supposin’ from 1981 has some absolute belters on it.
Status quo quite popular in Australia my two favourite albums are blue for you rocking all over the world favourite song rollover laydown
Before Quo went a little pop, I could never understand why they did not break in the USA.
Quo live is as quintessential to your initial live album purchases as UFO Strangers in the Night or Lizzy Live and Dangerous is.
Quo headlined my first Reading Festival in 78. Fav song - Mystery song from Blue for You
Not a huge fan by i saw them at reading in 87,huge crowd
The 1978 Reading festival was my first one too (and I still have the programme).
If they ever toured Canada i would have gone, i was a huge fan, had alot of their albums. Discovered their 1st hit later on Pictures of Matchstick Men, great chord progression, love some of your choices Pete, Is There a Better Way, Bye Bye Johnny, Rain, Big Fat Mama, Spinning Wheel Blues(very different blues shuffle, Back water, Just take me/driftin away They did a wicked Roadhouse Blues Medley in the 80s that featured Mexican Hat Dance and Irish Washerwoman, funny to hear in a rock song, but it works. Huge in Europe unknown in Canada and the USA , sad to hear about Richard Parfitt passing away a number of years ago now.
Their last visit to Canada/US was in 2003 Heavy Traffic world tour. On the same tour Quo visited Mexico & Brazil which was more successful.
I think 3 phases of quo is fair comment, phase one was where they were sent but not where they wanted to be.phase 2 was where they kicked ass and made a name for theirselves with great songs,albums and live gigs. Phase 3 where they mellowed somewhat was by choice, if they wanted longevity they needed to broaden their market, and this they did.
As a massive fan who's been to around fifty gigs
I didn't appreciate their albums of the last 30 years as much as I did from 1972 till 1982, but they rocked big time at every gig I went to. RIP Rick, you and Francis were some team.
Saw them live mid 70s, they were LOUD, that's what I remember.
1 - Someones Learning (Dog of Two Head)
2 - A Year (Piledriver)
3- April Spring Summer Wednesdays (Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon)
4 - The Wild Ones (Just Supposin)
5 - Mountain Lady (Never Too Late)
6 - Backwater (Quo)
7 - Railroad (Dog Of Two Head)
8 - Big Fat Mama (Piledriver)
9 - Shy Fly (Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon)
10 - Forty Five Hundred Times (Hello)
Pictures Of Matchstick Men (1968) was my favorite song from the 1960s, and didn't hear of Status Quo again until 5 years later with Paper Plane. 2 years later, they became my favorite band. POMM, while psychedelic, was heavy. They played songs loud on AM radio back then. Don't forget the fuzz on transistor radios!
I've come to appreciate Status Quo as I've got older. As a teenager in England in the late 80's and early 90's listening to metal and grunge they were considered out of date and old fashioned.
One unique thing about Quo, their "periods" we're longer than most bands careers!
I saw Jon Fogerty play at Wembley and he played all the great CCR hits then came back for the encore. He introduced the next song as his biggest and most famous song in the UK, despite Bad Moon Rising being N01. Then went into Rocking All Over The World.
One reason Quo never cracked the US was because they did a US tour supporting Fleetwood Mac; Only it wasn't the real Fleetwood Mac.
Would LOVE to see a ten favourite album show
Again and Again, single of the week in NME at the height of new wave!
Great to hear from an American aspect and love the varied choices of songs chosen.
They toured USA extensively early/mid 70’s and always went down well live but they couldn’t get the radio play they needed to really break through. AKA they wouldn’t buy Ferrari’s etc for record executives to push for their songs to be played...
They also didn't like being 2nd or 3rd billed at some concerts, plus they didn't like the dressing rooms in America compared to Britain, Europe, where they felt they were treated better.
I'm like Simon in that I love classic quo, and also like Heavy Traffic and Backbone quite a bit. Don't hesitate to check them out if you're a quo fan.
Pete, I will listen/watch this when I get home , looking forward to it , there must now be album reviews of every Quo album Pete, that could take at least an hour !
Ha! Not likely..way too many!
I'm in agreement with Pete for a guy who does not know a lot about the Quo he has picked a great selection shows he knows good music
Roll Over Lay Down, and 45 Hundred Times.
Nothing after '76 would be on my list I know that much,Pete picked the better tunes IMO
Pictures of Matchstick Men
Lonely Man from "Quo"
Lonely Man is their most underrated song. Beautifully arranged and sung perfectly.
If this song was written and played by the Beatles, worldwide would say: it's one of the best song of their carrier!
Hi folks.... My Quo top ten
1. Down Down
2. Long Legged Linda
3.Wild Side of Life
4. Reason for Living
5. Dirty Water
6.Mystery Song
7.Rain
8.Dear John
9.Jam Side Down
10.Ol' Rag Blues
And you say Staatus Quo, we say Staytus Quo. You say Zee Zee Top should we Brits say Zed Zed Top? LOL😁
Hi Pete cheers for doing quo bout time🤗 1. 4500 times 2. roll over lay down 3 down down 4.mystery song 5.drifting away 🦆🦆🦆🎸🎸🎸tnx again Pete luv ur show & output rockin🎸
Pictures of Matchstick Men was the only song I'd ever heard. The opening guitar lick is one of the first things I taught my self on guitar when I was twelve ('67-'68?).
a new book published in UK: "Status Quo: Mighty Innovators of 70s Rock" : unbelievable
Thanks for tbis Pete. Quo very rarely treated with anything other than disdain was chuffed to see this.
I agree with the three eras of Quo, i actually think some of sixyies material stands up well last album i bought was perfect remedy.
1. Rain, great hammer organ and riffs
2. Is It Really me/ Gotta Go Home - Ma Kelly's greasy Spoon
3. Lonely Night - Quo
4. Need Your Love - Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon
5. Coming and Going - Just Supposin
6. Whatever You Want - title track
7. Is there a better way - Blue for You
8. Rockin all over the World - title track
9. A year - Piledriver
10. Nightride - On the Level
Caroline.#1 for me. Played that many years in Working men’s clubs British Legions, etc. People loved it, the dance floor was full. Great days.
It's really weird how the USA never catch on QUO. Here in South America they are huge, anyways great band here are some tracks of the classic era:
1. Slow train (here you got some epic changes and a precursor to Thin Lizzy's "Black Rose" in the melodic department!)
2. Mistery Song (another kick ass epic)
3. Backwater (hard rockin goodness)
4. Forty Five Hundred Times (absolute classic)
5. Down Down (Quo at its core)
Pete, this is a band that I have never paid much attention to because much of what I've heard over the years is that "boogie band" material that doesn't do much for me. But, like you, my two favorites are "Is There a Better Way" and "Pictures of Matchstick Men". For some reason, "Down the Dustpipe" kinda grabs me and another favorite is their cover of The Everly Brothers' "The Price of Love".. They do a really nice job with that one.
very enjoyable.....i would have a lot more tracks from Rocking All Over The World including the title track, Dirty Water, Can't Give You More, For You and the opening track Hard Time.....my favourite album of theirs!
I dig the Quo, while my concert buddies really don't. Lots of good fun material. I also dug their bit-tongue-in-cheak humor when they released their album 'In Search of the Fourth Chord'. One favorite is 'The Mystery Song'. Also dug their first hit singles here 'Down Down' and 'Roll over lay down (live)' that had also a charming b-side 'Gerdundula'. Later singles are cool too. From On the Level I dug Bye Bye Johnny too (actually this was the first album I bought together with my brother (2nd being 24-carat Purple). A Fun and rocking band.
It‘s Hard Rock too , not only Boogie Rock ! Roll Over Lay Down Big Fat Mama Wild Side of Live Rain Don‘t Waste my Time Oh What a Night Over the Edge Take me Away Too far Gone Accident Prone and................... Paper Plane A B Blues Again and Again Ring of a Change Like a Good Girl....